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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 18, 2015Vermillion County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Jun 18, 2015, 1:53 PM EDT for Vermillion County, Indiana. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 18, 2015, 1:53 PM EDT (17:53 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2015, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN

County Vermillion County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 103 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 515 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 838 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 18, 12:56 PM EDT, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 12:56 PM EDT, 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 5:07 AM EDT, 8 hours 46 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
507 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-190915-
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-
PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-
JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-
DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
507 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. FLOODING WILL
CONTINUE ON SOME AREA WATERWAYS.

HAZARDS: LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...FLOODING...AND DAMAGING WINDS.

TIMING: MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

DISCUSSION: STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN A THREAT TONIGHT AS A
FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND VERY HUMID AIRMASS LINGER ACROSS THE REGION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY NEXT
WEEK. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL PRODUCING LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORM. REPEATED BOUTS OF HEAVY RAIN MAY LEAD TO
WORSENING FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS. A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL
BE POSSIBLE THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE
MAIN SEVERE THREAT...ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES
CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL REMAIN A
POSSIBILITY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORM.

DISCUSSION: A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN NEARBY THROUGH EARLY
NEXT WEEK. THE FRONT ALONG WITH OCCASIONAL UPPER WAVES WILL
INTERACT WITH A VERY WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE FOR
PERIODIC CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS. REMNANTS FROM TROPICAL STORM
BILL WILL ALSO FURTHER INCREASE THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED AT TIMES THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)

NIELD

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 1:53 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
153 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

INZ035-043-044-181830-
FOUNTAIN-PARKE-VERMILLION-
153 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN FOUNTAIN...NORTHWESTERN
PARKE AND CENTRAL VERMILLION COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM EDT...

AT 152 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NEWPORT...OR 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
DANVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  NEWPORT...
  LODI...
  KINGMAN...
  YEDDO...
  TURKEY RUN STATE PARK...
  WALLACE...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3989 8754 4000 8754 4011 8711 3989 8709
      3982 8753 3986 8754 3988 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 1753Z 255DEG 22KT 3993 8744

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 18, 10:56 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike	20 days
Jun 18, 10:56 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Gibson, Knox	41 days
Jun 18, 10:56 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Carroll	7 days
Jun 18, 10:56 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Howard	11 hr
Jun 18, 10:56 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Tippecanoe	7 days
Jun 18, 2:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hendricks	24 min
Jun 18, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Marion	31 min
Jun 18, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam	24 min
Jun 18, 3:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Marion	2 hr
Jun 18, 3:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hancock	37 min
Jun 18, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Henry, Rush	25 min
Jun 18, 4:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Johnson	23 min
Jun 18, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Lawrence	32 min
Jun 18, 6:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Daviess, Martin	3 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.